Class Notes for Music at Western University (UWO)

The transmission of the classical legacy/music as a liberal art. Queen philosophy presiding over the seven liberal arts in the centre. Music (harmonies

Single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit. Notes form into phrases separated by breaths or pauses. Cadence - point of arrival (when w

Lecture 13: stephen sondheim (sweeney todd & sunday in the park with george) American composer and lyricist for stage and film. Famous for trying somet

Ethnomusicology: the study of understanding and contextualizing a practice of music making in a non-western art music culture. Scene setting where, wha

Every sound intentionally made is instinctively taken to be an attempt at communication. [ ] in the presence of sound intentionally produced, and inten

Vocal methods (mus 1801) is a foundations course designed to provide an opportunity for students to develop their unique expressive skills. Students wi

Music of a narrative or descriptive kind, the term is often extended to all music that attempts to represent extra=musical concepts without resort to s

What scruton identifies as the crucial difference between a sound and a tone : Difference is that a sound, such as the sound of a car crash, is directl

The ele me nts of mus ic le cture (p a rt 1) Duple me tre 1 a nd 2 a nd 1 a nd 2. Exa mple : fre re j a cque s. 6/8 (duple with triple s ubdivis ions )